Moravia
Guide in Prague, circular tours & round trips in the Czech Republic, hiking tour in Bohemia, stays in Moravia, senior package tours & coach tours1st day : Dresden
arrival to - Dresden - OPTIONAL Overnight in Dresden/ Nurenberg - optional, not included in the price
2nd day: DECIN - NOVY BOR - LIBEREC - HRADEC - BLANSKO
Arrival in the Czech Republic, personal welcome by your guide in Hrensko (situated on the frontier with Germany, departure for Novy Bor - excursion to one of the biggest glass works in Czechia (-typical production of the renowned Czech crystal) , lunch on the famous tower of Jested in Liberec, continue on to Hradec Kralove, stop in Trebechovice p/ Orebem, visit to the magnificent wooden Creche, in the afternoon arrival in the small town Blansko ( near Brno)- renowned for its cave area with unique stalactite and stalagnite decoration, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
3rd day: BLANSKO
Free morning at the hotel, walking tour in surroundings, lunch, in the afternoon a cruise in small boats on the underground small Punkva river with a visit to the bottom of the Macocha Abyss - depth of 138 m (the Macocha Abyss ranks among the world ´s most famous abysses) and to the labyrinth of large underground passages, dinner and overnight at the hotel
4th day: BLANSKO - LEDNICE - VALTICE - BLANSKO
After breakfast departure for an excursion to a vast landscaped park LEDNICE-VALTICE (included in the UNESCO register) with numerous chateaux and other romantic buildings, French and English gardens, ponds, system of streams and rivers, walking tour in Valtice and visit to its Baroque chateau - ancient residence of the Lichtenstein family, in the afternoon visit Lednice chateau - beautiful complex of buildings reconstructed in the style of the English Gothic Revival (richly carved ceilings), return to Blansko, dinner and overnight at the hotel
5th day: BLANSKO - TELC - SLAVONICE - BLANSKO
After breakfast departure for Telc - beautiful small town listed in the UNESCO register, a walk on its Renaissance Square lined with the Renaissance houses and arcades, the town is protected by a Gothic fortification and a system of so called three ponds, lunch, in the afternoon departure for another outstanding town Slavonice with its Gothic and Renaissance houses with preserved arcades and rich graffiti decoration, free time for shopping and return to Blansko, dinner with folk dances and music
6th day: BLANSKO - BRNO - Austerlitz - BLANSKO
After breakfast departure for Brno - the second largest city and important industrial and cultural centre, continue to Austerlitz ( Slavkov ) - lunch at Stara Posta - ancient post where Napoleon spent a night, visit a famous battle field known for the "Battle of the Three Emperors" in 1805 in which Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the combined armies of the Russian Tsar and the Austrian Emperor, visit the Peace Memorial erected in honour of soldiers who lost their lives there, end of the afternoon free in Blansko or optional visit of the famous pilgrimage site of Krtiny ( beautiful Baroque complex), return to Blansko, dinner and overnight at the hotel
7th day: BLANSKO - KROMERIZ - OLOMOUC - BLANSKO
After breakfast departure for the visit of Kromeriz and its chateau, which was the summer residence of the Bishop of Moravia, visit its art gallery which houses an important exhibition of art masters (Cranach, Durer, Tizian), a walk in the charming large park which surrounds the chateau ( - outstanding example of landscape architecture with a system of lakes and numerous picturesque nooks), lunch and possibility of wine tasting in one of the wine cellars, continue to Olomouc - "the Royal City", in the past it served as a seat of the Moravian Bishops, visit a city centre - Town Hall and its Astronomical Clock, Premyslides Palace, sculpture of the Holy Trinity, the Cathedral of St. Wenceslas, return to Blansko for dinner and overnight
8th day: BLANSKO - MARIENBAD
After breakfast departure for Prague, lunch and in the afternoon a walk on the Old Town Square, in the late afternoon departure for Marienbad, dinner and overnight at the hotel 3*.
9th day: MARIENBAD - return
After breakfast departure for France.